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Publications
- Rajmal Jat, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatry Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Santosh H Kulkarni, Dilip M Chate, Ravi S Nanjundiah Effectiveness of respiratory face masks in reducing acute PM2. 5 pollution exposure during peak pollution period in Delhi. Science of The Total Environment 943, 173787 (2024)
- Gayatry Kalita, Prafull P. Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Rupal Ambulkar, Rajesh Kumar, Preeti Gunwani, Sreyashi Debnath , Pratul Sharma, Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar, and Sachin D. Ghude Forecasting of an unusual dust event over Western India by the Air Quality Early Warning System Atmospheric Environment (2023) [Link ]
- Sachin D. Ghude , R. K. Jenamani , Rachana Kulkarni , Sandeep Wagh , Narendra G. Dhangar , Avinash N. Parde , Prodip Acharja , Prasanna Lonkar , Gaurav Govardhan , Prafull Yadav , Akash Vispute , Sreyashi Debnath , D. M. Lal , D. S. Bisht , Chinmay Jena , Pooja V. Pawar , Surendra S. Dhankhar , V. Sinha , D. M. Chate , P. D. Safai , N. Nigam , Mahen Konwar , Anupam Hazra , T. Dharmaraj , V. Gopalkrishnan , B. Padmakumari , Ismail Gultepe , Mrinal Biswas , A. K. Karipot , Thara Prabhakaran , Ravi S. Nanjundiah , and M. Rajeevan WiFEX: Walk into the warm fog over Indo Gangetic Plain region BAMS (2023) [Link ]
- Chinmay Jena*, Rajmal Jat, Prafull P.Yadav, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni, Pratul Sharma, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude* Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in WRF-Chem over Delhi Elsevier (2023)
- Preeti Gunwani, Gaurav Govardhan, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav, Santosh Kulkarni, Sreyashi Debnath , Pooja V. Pawar, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Sandeep Wagh, Dilip Chate, Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem simulated PM2.5 to initial/boundary conditions and planetary boundary layer parameterization schemes over the Indo‑Gangetic Plain Environ Monit Assess 195, 560 (2023) (2023) [Link ]
- Sreyashi Debnath , Gaurav Govardhan, Subodh Kumar Saha, Anupam Hazra, Samir Pokhrel, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Impact of dust aerosols on the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall on Intra-seasonal Time-scale Atmospheric Environment (2023) [Link ]
- Rajmal Jat1*, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P.Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Santosh H. Kulkarni, Dilip M. Chate, Ravi S. Nanjundiah Effectiveness of Respiratory Face Masks in Reducing Acute PM2.5 Pollution Exposure During Peak Pollution Period in Delhi. Elsevier (2023)
- Sachin D. Ghude, Ph.D.; Gaurav Govardhan, Ph.D.; Rajesh Kumar, Ph.D.; Prafull P. Yadav, Ph.D.; Pratul Sharma; Gayatri Kalita, Ph.D.; Sreyashi Debnath ; Santosh H. Kulkarni; Dilip M. Chate; Ravi S. Nanjundiah Effectiveness of Respiratory Face Masks in Reducing Acute PM2.5 Pollution Exposure During Peak Pollution Period in Delhi (2023)
- Gayatry Kalita , Prafull P. Yadav , Rajmal Jat , Gaurav Govardhan , Rupal Ambulkar ,Rajesh Kumar , Preeti Gunwani , Sreyashi Debnath , Pratul Sharma , Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar , Sachin D. Ghude Forecasting of an unusual dust event over western India by the Air Quality Early Warning System Atmospheric Environment (2023) [Link ]
- Rajmal Jat, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P.Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Santosh H. Kulkarni, Dilip M. Chate, Ravi S. Nanjundiah. Effectiveness of Respiratory Face Masks in Reducing Acute PM2.5 Pollution Exposure During Peak Pollution Period in Delhi (Revised submission). Elsevier (2023)
- Sreyashi Debnath , Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Prafull Yadav, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Black Carbon Emissions and its impact on the monsoon rainfall patterns over the Indian Subcontinent: Insights into localized warming effects Atmospheric Environment: X (2023)
- Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Sumit Sharma, Preeti Gunwani, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav, Shubhangi Ingle, Sreyashi Debnath , Pooja Pawar, Prodip Acharja, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Rupal Ambulkar, Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar, Vijay K Soni, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, and M. Rajeevan Decision Support System (v 1.0) for Air Quality Management in Delhi, India (2023)
- Preeti Gunwani, Gaurav Govardhan, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav, Santosh Kulkarni, Sreyashi Debnath , Pooja V. Pawar, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Sandeep Wagh, Dilip Chate and Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem simulated PM2.5 to Initial/Boundary conditions and Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization schemes over the Indo-Gangetic Plain Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2023)
- Chinmay Jena, Prafull P.Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni,Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in Delhi (2023)
- Akshara Kaginalkar, Sachin D. Ghude, U. C. Mohanty, Pradeep Mujumdar, Sudheer Bhakare, Hemant Darbari, Arun K. Dwivedi, Pallavi Gavali, Srujan Gavhale, Sahidul Islam, Gouri Kadam, Sumita Kedia, Manoj Khare, Neelesh Kharkar, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Sri Sai Meher, A. K. Nath, Mohamed Niyaz, Sagar Pokale, Vineeth Krishnan Valappil, Sreyashi Debnath , Chinmay Jena, Raghu Nadimpalli, Madhusmita Swain, Saimy Davis, Shubha Avinash, C. Kishtawal, Prashant Gargava, S. D. Attri, and Dev Niyogi Integrated Urban Environmental System of Systems for Weather Ready Cities in India (2022) [Link ]
- Sreyashi Debnath , Chinmay Jena, Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Gaurav Govardhan, Preeti Gunwani, Subodh Kumar Saha, Anupam Hazra, Samir Pokhrela, Simulation of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR) with fully coupled regional chemistry transport model: A case study for 2017 (2022) [Link ]
- Aditya Sengupta, Gaurav Govardhan, Sreyashi Debnath , Prafull Yadav, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Avinash N. Parde, Prasanna Lonkar, Narendra Dhangar, Preeti Gunwani, Sandeep Wagh, Sandip Nivdange, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Probing into the wintertime meteorology and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) forecast over Delhi Atmospheric Pollution Research, 101426 (2022) [Link ]
- Nivdange Sandip, Chinmay Jena, Pooja Pawar, Gaurav Govardhan, Sreyashi Debnath , Santosh Kulkarni, Prasanna Lonkar, Akash Vispute, Narendra Dhangar, Avinash N. Parde, Prodip Acharja, Vinod Kumar, Prafull Yadav, Rachana Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, N. R. Karmalkar Nationwide CoViD-19 lockdown impact on air quality in India MAUSAM 73.1 (2022): 115-128, (2022) [Link ]
- Prodip Acharja, Akash Vispute, Sreyashi Debnath , Narendra G. Dhangar, Prasanna Lonkar, Kaushar Ali, Sachin D. Ghude Size-resolved Compositional Analysis and Source Apportionment of Submicron Aerosol during Lockdown Period using HR-ToF-AMS (2022) [Link ]
- Sreyashi Debnath , Rama Krishna Karumuri, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Himadri Saini, Akash Vispute, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, D.M. Chate, Sachin D. Ghude Implications of implementing promulgated and prospective emission regulations on air quality and health in India during 2030 Aerosol and Air Quality Research (2022) [Link ]
- Sandeep Wagh; Rachana Kulkarni; Prasanna Lonkar; Avinash N. Parde; Narendra G. Dhangar; Gaurav Govardhan; Veeresh Sajjan; Sreyashi Debnath ; Ismail Gultepe; M. Rajeevan; Sachin D. Ghude Development of visibility equation based on fog microphysical observations and its verification using the WRF model Modeling Earth Systems and Environment (2022) [Link ]
- Chinmay Jena, Prafull P.Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath , Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in Delhi. Elsevier (2022)
- Chinmay Jena, Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Sreyashi Debnath ,Gaurav Govardhan, Vijay K. Soni, Santosh H. Kulkarni, G. Beig, Ravi S. Nanjundiah & M. Rajeevan, Performance of high resolution (400 m) PM2.5 forecast over Delhi, Sci Rep, 11, 4104, (2021) [Link ]
- Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude, Mrinal Biswas, Chinmay Jena, Stefano Alessandrini, Sreyashi Debnath , Santosh Kulkarni, Simone Sperati, Vijay K. Soni, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, M. Rajeevan Enhancing accuracy of air quality and temperature forecasts during paddy crop-residue burning season in Delhi via chemical data assimilation JGR (Atmosphere), (2020) [Link ]
- Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Chinmay Jena, Sreyashi Debnath , Rachana G. Kulkarni, Stefano Alessandrini, Mrinal Biswas, Santosh Kulkrani, Prakash Pithani, Saurab Kelkar, Veeresh Sajjan, D.M. Chate, V.K. Soni, Siddhartha Singh, Ravi S. Nanjundiah and M. Rajeevan, Evaluation of PM2.5 forecast using chemical data assimilation in the WRF-chem model: a new initiative under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) air quality early warning system (AQEWS) for Delhi, Current Science (2020) [Link ]
- Sachin D. Ghude, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Chinmay Jena, Rachana Kulkarni, G.G. Pfister, Veeresh S. Sajjan, Prakash Pithani, Sreyashi Debnath , Rajesh Kumar, B. Upendra, Santosh H. Kulkarni, D.M. Lal, R.J. Vander A, Anoop S. Mahajan, What is driving the diurnal variation in tropospheric NO2 columns over a cluster of high emission thermal power plants in India? Atmospheric Environment: X 5, 100058 (2020) [Link ]
- Prakash Pithani, Sachin D. Ghude, R. K. Jenamani, Mrinal Biswas, Naidu C.V, Sreyashi Debnath , Rachana Kulkarni, N. Dhangar, Chinmay Jena, Anupam Hazra, R. Phani, Mukhopadhyay P, Thara Prabhakaran, Ravi S Nanjundiah, and M Rajeevan Real-time Forecast Of Dense Fog Events Over Delhi: The Performance of the WRF Model during WiFEX Field Campaign Journal of Weather and Forecasting, (2019) [Link ]
- Sachin D. Ghude, Prakash Pithani, R. Jenamani, Rachana Kulkarni, Sandeep Wagh, Deewan Singh Bisht, M Konwar, D.M.Lal, Suresh Tiwari, Narendra Nigam, Sreyashi Debnath , Narendra Dhangar, D.M. Chate, P.D. Safai, V. Sinha, Thara Prabhakaran, G.S. Bhat R. Nanjundiah and M. Rajeevan Report on Winter Fog Experiment (WIFEX) in India newsletter of iLEAPS (2018)
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Seminar/Conference/Workshop/School Attended
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International
- Participated in the 16th IGAC Scientific Conference, held online and globally, from 12 to 17 September, 2021 and presented an oral as well as poster presentation on “Investigating the performance of WRF Chem in simulating the Indian Summer Monsoon and associated chemistry feedback processes”.
- Participated in the 18th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP) during 2 6 August 2021 at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India and presented a poster on “Performance of coupled chemistry model in simulating the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall and investigating the associated chemistry climate feedback processes”.
- Participated in the 3rd ACAM (Atmospheric Composition and Asian Monsoon) Training school during 24 25 June 2019 and presented a poster on “Impact of future air quality on public health and Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall” in the 4th ACAM Workshop during 26 28 June 2019 at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Attended and co organized “International Workshop on Chemistry Climate Interaction (IWCCI)”, 12--15 March, 2019 at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India and published a report on the workshop in IGAC Newsletter Issue 65 (Jul/Aug 2019).
- Attended ileaps (Integrated Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Processes Study) ECR Session on 12th March 2019, during International Workshop on Chemistry Climate Interaction (IWCCI) at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
- Attended “International workshop on Cloud Dynamics, Micro Physics and Small Scale Simulation”, 13 17 August, 2018 at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
- Participated in “Targeted Training Activity (TTA) 2017: Monsoons in a Changing Climate”, July 31 July August 4, 2017 at Trieste, Italy.
- NASA ARSET Training workshop on Satellite Remote Sensing of Air Quality: Data, Tools and Applications Organized by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India from 23 May 2017 to 26 May 2017.
- International Workshop on Representation of Physical Processes in Weather and Climate Models (INTROSPECT 2017): Organized by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India from 13 Feb 2017 to 16 Feb 2017.
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National
- Participated as a panelist in the Clean Air session during “India International Science Festival 2020 (IISF 2020)”, conducted from 22 25 December 2020.
- Attended workshop on “Technologies for Monitoring and Abatement of Air Pollution” (2018) 12-14 February, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, New Delhi, (India).
- Participated in “A Short Course on Dynamic Data Assimilation: Theory and Applications”, 26 June 7 July 2017 at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
- Annual Monsoon Workshop 2017 & National Symposium on Understanding and Forecasting the Monsoon Extremes: Organized by Indian Meteorological Society, Pune Chapter (IMSP) at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.
- Atmospheric and Ocean Science & Technology: Organized by Ministry of Earth Science, Government of India at 100th Indian Science Congress 2013, Kolkata.
- Climate Change and Environment Impact Assessment Indian Perspective: Organized by Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata.
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Sreyashi Debnath
About
Pursuing Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Space Sciences on topic titled “Understanding atmospheric chemistry climate interaction over the Indian sub continent.” at Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Member of the WInter Fog EXperiment (WIFEX): a multi-institutional initiative taken up by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to conduct an intensive ground-based measurement campaign at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), Delhi, to understand different physical and chemical features of Fog and factors responsible for its genesis, intensity and duration [Link ]
Member of the Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS): An air pollution system developed jointly by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India; Meteorological Department (IMD), India; National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida, India and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, USA. [Link ]
Scientific Careers
Project Scientist-II, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune India
May 2022 - Present
Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune India
Aug 2018 - April 2022
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune India
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
Academic Records
Ph.D. (ongoing), Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Dept. of Atmospheric and Space sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Research institute : Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
Dissertation title: Understanding atmospheric chemistry climate interaction over the Indian sub continent.
Year of registration : May, 2018
M.Sc., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Sept 2012 - Aug 2014
B.Sc., in Physics Dinabandhu Andrew’s College, Kolkata, India,
Aug 2009 - July 2012
Computer Skills
Platforms/OS: Windows, LINUX
Programming/Applications: Python, NCL, IDL, C++, FORTRAN
Publication
Research
- Atmospheric Chemistry modeling
- Aerosol chemistry
- Atmospheric chemistry–climate interaction
- Air-quality monitoring
- Chemical data assimilation
Research Experience and Tools
Satellite and Reanalysis Data Products:
Modeling:
Professional Recognition/ Awards/ Scholarship
- Stood Second in Merit in M.Sc (Atmospheric Sciences) from University of Calcutta (2012 2014)
- Qualified CSIR UGC NET, June 2014 [All India Rank: 17th (Lectureship)]
- Received best student award for IITM JRF Course Work at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune in 2017
- Selected for Excellent Early Career Poster Presentation at the MANGO session of the 16th IGAC Scientific Conference, held online globally from 12 to 17 September, 2021
Participation in field campaign
- Actively participated in WIFEX 2017 2018 field campaign at IGIA
- Involved in handling Ceilometer, PM2.5 sampler, radiometer, Nephelometer, Aathalometer instruments for data collection and analysis
- Involved in generating fog forecasts using WRF model from December 2017 to February 2018